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Freezing And Storing Embryos

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 89258

Freezing embryos created during IVF and putting them into long-term storage so they can be thawed and transferred in a later cycle. Freezing lets a couple use spare embryos later without going through another round of egg collection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing And Storing Embryos cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $324 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$490 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$186 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $123 to $661Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Vermont than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

South Carolina· 9th of 51

$490

VT $1,514MT $324

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.